Dr. Killian Hurley:

Looking at the numbers across Europe and trying to extrapolate that number to Ireland, we think 5,000 people in Ireland have fibrosis. That equates to approximately 1,000 people per year receiving a new diagnosis. That is three to four patients a day with a new diagnosis. This really adds to the urgency of this. Half of those three or four people a day are not getting physiotherapy or seeing a specialist. They are wandering around between specialists until they find someone who has the experience to make this diagnosis. Quite a number of patients do not have access to specialist care and specialist treatments each year.